Kuniaki Koiso

was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was the Governor-General of Korea and Prime Minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945. After Japan's defeat in World War II, he was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment. 

Koiso died of esophageal cancer in Sugamo Prison in 1950.

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Category:1880 births
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Category:People from Tochigi Prefecture